segregated prom

It blows me away that there are still places having segregated proms. That is really shameful and should be illegal. It should be illegal, in my opinion, to have an event that discriminates on the basis of race. What is it with the South? I really wish this country could move past it’s obsession with…

what we want in a house

It’s interesting going down the housing road for the second time.  My requirements have changed in some areas, but not in others. What we want: 1.) 1800 sq. ft. or larger.  In house #1, I wanted something around 1600 sq. ft.  I ended up with 1200 sq. ft.  This is great when it’s just us,…

Where to live?

I posted before about schools.  I want L to have every opportunity to succeed.  While I think it’s possible to succeed in almost any circumstances (in the US anyway), it’s obviously much easier in some than others.  I want to remove as many roadblocks as I can from L’s way.  I attended four schools  –…

stomping around

Thanks to our stay-at-home mom model over the last year, we’ll be getting a refund this year for the first time since we got married.  I’m restraining myself from the urge to rant on the unfairness of the tax system that punishes families with two working persons. B is out of town at the moment….

rose colored glasses

We did cry-it-out about a month ago, when L was 13 months old, and she has been sleeping so well ever since.  Life has been so good.  There is nothing like sleeping through the night!  I had tried cry-it-out before when L was about 10 months old, but it just didn’t really work.  I didn’t…

all about L

We weighed L tonight and she weighed in at 18 pounds 10.5 ounces.  I remember when we used to weigh her every day, and my mood for the day would rise or fall based on half an ounce.  After a while, we dropped down to three times a week, but for a very long time…